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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-8974 EUVD-2026-30922GHSA-c792-chx5-8443

Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 140.11 and Thunderbird 151

Published May 19, 2026 · Updated Oct 21, 2026 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

Memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 140.10 and Thunderbird 150. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Firefox — 140.11
Mozilla Thunderbird — 140.11

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 firefox-esr 140.11.0esr-1 —
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:140.11.0esr-1 —
Debian 13 firefox-esr 140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb13u1 —
Debian 12 firefox-esr 140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:140.11.0esr-1~deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS mozjs102 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS mozjs78 +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS mozjs52 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS mozjs38 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el10_2 RHSA-2026:22325, RHSA-2026:21380
RHEL 9 firefox +2 140.11.0-1.el9_8 RHSA-2026:21381, RHSA-2026:21378
RHEL 8 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_10 RHSA-2026:22643, RHSA-2026:21382
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:27715, RHSA-2026:26539
RHEL 9.6 EUS firefox +2 140.11.0-1.el9_6 RHSA-2026:26521, RHSA-2026:26492
RHEL 9.4 E4S firefox +2 140.11.0-1.el9_4 RHSA-2026:26493, RHSA-2026:26174
RHEL 9.2 E4S firefox +2 140.11.0-1.el9_2 RHSA-2026:26491, RHSA-2026:26269
RHEL 8.8 TUS firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_8 RHSA-2026:26630, RHSA-2026:26268
RHEL 8.8 E4S firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_8 RHSA-2026:26630, RHSA-2026:26268
RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_6 RHSA-2026:26606, RHSA-2026:26536
RHEL 8.6 AUS firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_6 RHSA-2026:26606, RHSA-2026:26536
RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2026:26629, RHSA-2026:26270
RHEL 8.4 AUS firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_4 RHSA-2026:26629, RHSA-2026:26270
RHEL 7 ELS firefox 140.11.0-1.el7_9 RHSA-2026:26551

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 firefox 140.11.0-1.el10_2 ALSA-2026:21380
AlmaLinux 10 thunderbird 140.11.0-1.el10_2.alma.1 ALSA-2026:22325
AlmaLinux 9 firefox +2 140.11.0-1.el9_8.alma.1 ALSA-2026:21381, ALSA-2026:21378
AlmaLinux 8 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:22643, ALSA-2026:21382

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el10_2 RLSA-2026:22325, RLSA-2026:21380
Rocky Linux 9 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el9_8 RLSA-2026:21381, RLSA-2026:21378
Rocky Linux 8 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.el8_10 RLSA-2026:22643, RLSA-2026:21382
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 151.0.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10863-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 140.11.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10864-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 140.11.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10813-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 MozillaThunderbird 140.12.0-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21168-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 firefox 140.11.0-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-1793
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 140.11.1-1.amzn2.0.2 ALAS2-2026-3340

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 firefox +1 140.12.0-1.0.1.el10_2 ELSA-2026-22325, ELSA-2026-21380
Oracle Linux 9 firefox +1 140.12.0-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-21378
Oracle Linux 9 thunderbird 140.11.0-1.0.1.el9_8 ELSA-2026-21381
Oracle Linux 8 firefox +1 140.11.0-1.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-22643, ELSA-2026-21382
Oracle Linux 7 firefox 140.11.0-1.0.1.el7_9 ELSA-2026-26551

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling firefox 140.11-r0 —

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